Gage.



J. WHEELER.

GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6, 1915.

Wanna W Q A GAGE.

Application filed March 6,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat 1, JOHN-WHEELER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Cripple Creek, in the countyof Teller and State of Colorado, have invented. certain new and usefulImprovements in Gages, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My present invention relates broadly'to new and useful improvementsingages of the type in which a marker bar is provided for use in markingon the board or other element to be out, the desired sawing line. I

More specifically, my invention pertains to an improved form of sidinggage which is adapted to be used in marking the length to which a pieceof siding about to be applied to a building,shall be out.

The principal object of my present invention is to provide a siding gagewhich consists in three pivotally united sections, one of which servesas a means whereby the gage may be secured in supporting positionagainstthe wall of the building, the second of which is adapted to be used as amarker bar when the sawing line. is being made upon the weather-board orpiece of siding and the third of which is employed in determining theposition of the weather-board or piece of siding which is about to beapplied.

Another object and one of equal importance with the foregoing, is to soconstruct the device that the joint betweenthe marker bar and gage barconstitutes'a supporting lug for the new strip of weather-board which isbeing nailed to the building.

The above and additional objects are accomplished by such means as areillustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the followingspecification, and then more particularly pointed out in the claimswhich are appended hereto and form a partof this application.

lVith reference to the drawings, wherein there has been illustrated thepreferred embodiment of this invention, as it is reduced to practice,and throughout the several views of which similar reference charactersdesignate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a vertical section takenthrough a building wall and showing the improved device in use thereon,Fig. 2 is a perspective viewof the hanger bar, Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of Specification of Letters Patent.

. flanges apertured Patented Aug. 24:, 1915.

1915. Serial No. 12,585.

the marker bar, Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the gage bar, and Fig. 5is a perspective new of the knife slide.

As shown best in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings, my invention inits preferre embodiment, consists essentially of a hanger bar 10, amarker bar 11, and a gage bar 12. The hanger bar 10 is, as are the otherelements of the device, preferably formed of steel or some similar metaland is arcuate in conformation adjacent its lower terminal. The upperterminal portion 13 of the member 10 is substantially straight and isprovided with a straight flat face indicated at 1 1. ThlS fiat face 14.is adapted to engage against the piece of studding or siding to whichthe hanger bar is applied and is setlngred thereto by a barb or spikeindicated at larly upon reference to Fig. 1, that the lower arcuateportion of the hanger bar is spaced a considerable distance from thewall, when the upper portion. 13 has been properly secured.

The extreme lower terminal of the member 10 is provided with a pair ofspaced apertured hinge ears 16, between which is pivotally secured on apin or axle 17, an apertured lug 18 which extends longitudinally fromthe upper terminal of the marker bar 11. This marker bar 11 is in crosssec tion substantially T-shaped, the purpose in thus forming the markerbar being to provide the laterally extending ribs or flanges 19, aboutwhich may engage the L-shaped 20 of the knife supporting slide. Thelower terminal of the marker bar is enlarged to provide a boss orshoulder 21, the upper portion of which forms a stop for the slide andfurther constitutes a supporting shoulder for the piece of siding whenthe same is being secured to a building, as will be hereinafter morefully described. Ex-

tending laterally from the shoulder 21 is an lug 22 which is adapted tobe in-, serted between the apertured ears or lugs 28 extending from theupper terminal of the gage bar 12. A pivot pin indicated at 24: isemployed in pivotally securing the member 22 between the members 23.

The gage bar is provided with a flat inner face 25 which is adapted toengage flatly against the last applied piece of siding, as indicated at26 in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

It will be readily apparent, particu-' The lower terminal of the gagebar, is directedoutwardly and downwardly, as indicated at 27, affordinga finger grip bymeansapplied siding piece, as-is also best shown in Fig.1.

The slide member hereinbefore referred to, consists as best shown'in.Fig. 5, of a single blank of metal which is bent to form a flatrectangular-body portion 29, an upstanding plate 30, and the L-shapedflanges 20. The member 30 rises from the body plate of theslide at oneend thereof, so that the knife blade 31 which is shown in Fig. 1 ispivotally attached to the'plate by means of the pivot pin 32, may bemoved into en gageinent' with the piece of siding or weather-strippingto be marked. A pair of finger plates 33 are carriedby the marker bar sothat this member may be held against the siding in a convenient mannerduring the use of the device.

From the foregoing description and upon particular reference to Fig. 1,the manner in which the gage is employed, will be readily, appreciated.It will'be seen that when apiece of siding is to be marked,thelug 28 isfirst engaged against the lower edge of the last applied piece ofweather-stripping 26 and the hanger bar 10 is then swung inwardly towardthe building and secured to it by means of the spike. After the gage isthus secured, the terminal of the piece of siding to be marked isinserted in the space between the innerlface of the marker bar and thebuilding, the lower edge of the board being rested uponthe shoulderdefined by the boss 21, and the members 22 and 2-3. The piece of sidingbeing thus supported, the slide is moved downwardly from the upper endof the marker bar, the knife having first been swung by its'handle 3 1to engage its marking point against the piece of siding. After thesiding has been marked and subsequently sawed, it may be insertedbetween the marker bar and the building and supported upon the shoulder21, while being nailed or otherwise secured.

Projecting laterally from the plate 30 of the knife slide is a stop pin33 which is positioned to engage the longitudinal stdp shoulder 3430fthe knife blade for limiting the swinging movement of this member'intoan operative position.

In reduction to practice, it has been found that the form of thisinvention illustrated in the drawings, and referred to in the abovedescription as the preferred embodiment, is the most elficient andpractical; yet realizing that the conditions concurrent with the themarker bar,

1. A siding gage including a marker bar,

a slide movable longitudinally on the bar, a marker knife pivotallyattached to the slide, a hanger barpivotally carried by the upperterminal of the marker bar, and a gage bar pivotally carried by thelower terminal of the marker bar for movement in a plane at right anglesto the wallof the building.

7 2. A siding gage including a marker' bar, a slide movablelongitudinally; on the bar, a vmarker knife pivotally attached to theslide, a hanger bar pivotally carried by the upper terminal ofthe'marker bar, a gage bar pivotally carriedby the lower terminal of themarker bar for movement in a plane at right angles to the wall of and alaterally extending lug inner face of the gage bar, saidlug beingadapted to be engaged againstthe lower edge of the last applied strip ofsiding.

3. A siding gage of. the character clethe building,

formed'on the scribed including a marker bar, lateral longitudinal ribsformed on opposite sides of the bar, a slide movable longitudinally onsaid slide including a fiat body plate 'engageable against the face ofthe marker bar, a pair offlanges embracing the edges of the lateralportion of the marker bar, and a plate extending at right angles to thebody plate at one edge thereof, a marking knife pivotally attached tothe second mentioned plate, a hange'r 'bar pivotally carried by theupperterminal of the marker bar, and a gage bar pivotally depending fromthe lower terminal of the marker bar. I Y I 4. In a siding gage-,ramarker bar, a knife slide movable longitudinally thereon, a knifepivoted to the slide, a longitudinal stop shoulder formed on the bladeof the knife, and a lateral stop pin carried by the slide and engageablefor limiting the movement inoperative position;

5. A siding gage of the character described including a marker bar, saidmarker bar being substantially T shaped in cross section for the majorportion of its length, and being provided at its lower terminal with astop shoulder, a channel slide movable on the marker bar, a plateextending at right angles to the slide and from one edge thereof, amarking knife pivoted to said plate, and means for supporting the markerbar in spaced relation to the wall of the building.

of the knife into 6. A siding gage including a marker bar, In testimonywhereof I hereunto aflix my a hanger bar pfivotaly COIlIltiCti-Zd attlllie signature in the presence of two Witnesses. up er terminal t ereoa a e ar ivota cori nected at the loweftefmihal th reof foi JOHN WHEELER5 movement in a plane at right angles to the Witnesses:

Wall of the building, and a marking knife JOSEPH JOYCE, slidablyattached to the marker bar. W. C. MOKELVY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0."

